Lars Nesheim Vaular (born 20 September 1984) is a Norwegian rapper, singer and songwriter from

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. He started rapping in 2003. He initially released songs under the duo Tier'n og Lars before going solo.

Tier'n & Lars

Vaular had his beginnings as a hip hop duo formation with Fernando Manuel called Tier'n & Lars or alternatively Tier'n og Lars. The two hip hop artists with Manuel known as Tier'n cooperated with the Norwegian hip hop crew Freakshow with some tracks in a mixtape called ''We Are the Champions'' in 2004, followed the same year with ''Freakshow Presents Tier'n og Lars – Frykt og Avsky i Bergen''. The limited edition was a promotional mixtape by the label Freakshow Mixtapes in Norway. The mixtape had cooperation from many artists including Tungtvann, Side Brok, Kleen Cut and F'EM. In 2005, Tier'n og Lars released a street album ''Tilbake til stripa: Forberedelsen'', available for free download with guest tracks by Even Brenna, Anand, Leeroy, DJ Leven, I. Forgot, Harry West and Nja'al, firmly establishing them as popular hip hop acts culminating in an album ''

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'' released on 23 October 2006.

Solo career

Vaular debuted as a solo artist in 2007 with the album ''La Hat - Et nytt dagslys...'' followed by ''D'e glede'' in 2009 and ''

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'' in 2010 as a major national release that reached top 3 on

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, the official Norwegian Albums chart. He was nominated in 2009 for a

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(the Norwegian equivalent of

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) in the hip hop category for his album ''D'e glede''. His album ''

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'' in 2011 reached Top 5. His new release is ''Flere steder alltid''. Vaular has worked with various artists like Tungtvann,

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, Fjorden Baby!,

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and

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Personal life

Lars Vaular was criticized for the controversial track "Kem skjøt Siv Jensen" ("Who Shot Siv Jensen") about the Norwegian politician

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, leader of the populist Progress Party. This "violence" label has followed him in many comments in social media, although he claims the song was about how people were easily fooled by the headlines they read. Lars Vaular is the cousin of

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Discography

Collaborations with Freakshow

*2003: ''Come on b/w Hva skjer'' (12" vinyl) *2004: ''We are the champions Mixtape''

As Tier'n & Lars

*2004: ''Freakshow Presents Tier'n Og Lars – Frykt og avsky i Bergen'' ''Mixtape'' (mixtape) *2005: ''Tilbake til stripa: Forberedelsen'' (street album) *2006: ''Kulturclash'' (album)

Solo albums

Solo EPs

Singles

References

External links

Official website

Lars Vaular's blog

Lars Vaular's MySpace

Lars Vaular's Twitter
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaular, Lars People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School 21st-century Norwegian singers Norwegian male rappers Norwegian-language singers Musicians from Bergen 1984 births Living people